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1 Chance Encounters

  • Deborah J. Bennett
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Randomness
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© 2022 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Acknowledgments vii
  3. Contents ix
  4. 1 Chance Encounters 1
  5. 2 Why Resort to Chance? 11
  6. 3 When the Gods Played Dice 28
  7. 4 Figuring the Odds 46
  8. 5 Mind Games for Gamblers 64
  9. 6 Chance or Necessity? 83
  10. 7 Order in Apparent Chaos 109
  11. 8 Wanted: Random Numbers 132
  12. 9 Randomness as Uncertainty 152
  13. 10 Paradoxes in Probability 174
  14. Notes 191
  15. Bibliography 209
  16. Index 233
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674020771-002

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Acknowledgments vii
  3. Contents ix
  4. 1 Chance Encounters 1
  5. 2 Why Resort to Chance? 11
  6. 3 When the Gods Played Dice 28
  7. 4 Figuring the Odds 46
  8. 5 Mind Games for Gamblers 64
  9. 6 Chance or Necessity? 83
  10. 7 Order in Apparent Chaos 109
  11. 8 Wanted: Random Numbers 132
  12. 9 Randomness as Uncertainty 152
  13. 10 Paradoxes in Probability 174
  14. Notes 191
  15. Bibliography 209
  16. Index 233
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